Valentine's Cookies

Yeah, yeah, I know I'm late.  Happy Valentine's Day, be fruitful and do long division or somethin'.

+1 for an old but gold movie reference

I was really in the mood to commemorate Valentine's Day with something pretty and sweet, so I took selfies of myself for you guys.

I just really wanted an excuse to put this on the Internet.

So I decided I wanted to make really cute, well decorated cookies.  Sprinkles, drizzles, and food coloring galore!  Essentially, I had three different types of cookie planned out:

1.) Plain chocolate chip

2.) Pink chocolate chip, shaped into hearts

3.) Coffee swirl (this one didn't get used, I didn't have all of the stuff to make it).

From left: Plain, pink, and coffee swirl

I tried my hand at shaping the cookies into hearts (considering that we don't own cookie cutters), which I did by making three small balls out of a chunk of dough: two were placed next to each other, the third was placed underneath the two.  Then, I pressed it down and molded it until it formed a little heart.

Like so!

And while they weren't perfect, they definitely came out with a recognizable heart shape:

 Then, with a little trimming, they take on a much more defined heart shape:

(Albeit a teeny bit sharp around the edges)

When everything was shaped out, I tried a few decorative methods.  I've always wanted to try the drizzle strips thing where it looks like someone ran back and forth really fast with a constant stream of melted chocolate, caramel, etc.  And the fluffy shag-carpet-coating of sprinkles has a really nice charm to it, so that was on my to-do list.  But then again, I wanted to keep a couple of cookies unfrosted because chocolate chip cookies don't really even need anything extra in terms of flavor, and hardly in aesthetics.

All in all, I think the whole thing turned our rather nice:

Quick poll: what's your favorite Valentine's Day treat?  Because we all know that Valentine's Day is just an excuse to eat lots of sugar.

ECHO out.